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MORPHOLOGY

\mɔːfˈɒləd͡ʒi], \mɔːfˈɒləd‍ʒi], \m_ɔː_f_ˈɒ_l_ə_dʒ_i]\

Definitions of MORPHOLOGY

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
the admissible arrangement of sounds in words

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
the admissible arrangement of sounds in words

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and Promorphology.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and Promorphology.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

That branch of science which deals with the form and structure of plants and animals.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

The science which treats of the external configuration or the structure of animals and plants.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Anatomy; science relating to organic structures.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

The science of the forms assumed by plants and animals.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

That department of science which treats of forms in organisms.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

That department of botany which treats of the forms that the different organs of plants assume, and the laws that regulate their metamorphoses; also applied to animals in same sense.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

The science of the form and structure of plants or animals, as distinct from consideration of the functions.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Science of organic forms and structure.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The science of biologic forms, including their relations, changes, and analogies; the science of the shape and modifications of organs or parts considered under the idea of unity of plan. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Greek] The science which treats of the ideal forms of the parts or organs in the structure of plants and animals.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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